Books published by publisher Quality Books, Australia

It's quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see. Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett's son, Davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts. In his long-awaited return, John Green, the acclaimed, award-winning author of Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars, shares Aza's story with shattering, unflinching clarity in this brilliant novel of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship.

Alice has never, ever been in the enchanted forest by herself. All the children of the village and the castle race freely through the forest. Travelers from distant lands travel safely through it. But, Alice is a princess and the only child of the king and queen and they’re very protective.When Alice finally enters the forest alone, she will learn the truth about her family, question what she knows and learn the real meaning of injustice.Written for children ages 6-8 (depending upon reading ability), the book combines myth, magic and realism to introduce young readers to the Middle Ages. The book touches upon the relationship of children to their parents, everyday life and one of the most enduring and cherished legends of the period.A reader’s guide is included for parents and teachers and includes a brief overview of the era and a guide to unusual words and their meanings.

A huge storm hits an uncharted, tropical paradise island, and a tiny fawn deer is born as dark clouds gather overhead. Within minutes of struggling to her feet, little Brindi is orphaned when her mother is washed away by the flood waters. And so begins her amazing adventures into the great unknown.This is a heart-warming story for both children and adults alike. Come follow Bindi's thrilling and often suspense-filled adventures and pastimes as she picks herself up from her sad situation and courageously sets out on a perilous journey to find her mother. Some stories are happy and others sad. All you need to bring is a childlike heart and walk alongside Brindi's wonderful adventures...

Called “heart-warming,” “delightful,” and “wonderful” by readers, “Sam & Me” is the third in the series, “Granny, Magic and Me.” In this story, which can be read as a stand-alone, Eric begins to resent the fact that everyone in his family has magic…except him. And, although he knows he shouldn’t be jealous, he is, especially when he’s helpless to change the consequences of real evil. What Eric doesn’t know is that he’s slowly growing into his magic and when he discovers it, he will also discover what’s most important.

“If it can be said a village has a life, then this is a biography.” Norman Williams (1908-1969)“Coleshanger people are pretty bad,” said Uncle Edward. “They won’t cross water after sunset. And they have to be in bed by midnight, otherwise they think that they'll be turned into baboons and apes. They also worship the flea.”Written in 1952, Coleshanger is a humorous, whimsical and charming recount of English village life in the early part of the last century, a tale waiting seventy years to be heard, but still very much the story of us today.

When Eric and his Mom take Granny to her home, Eric discovers new friends and a world where magic doesn’t have to be hidden. But magic can’t work unless it’s used. When tragedy looms Eric’s Mom will have to make a choice between her belief that magic isn’t normal and averting a grievous loss.Approximately 3,500 words. Nine original images. Suitable for ages seven to twelve. “How Mom Got Her Magic Back” is the second in a three-part series, “Granny, Magic and Me.” The first book in the series is “Granny and the Monster in My Room.” The third book, in which Eric will discover his own magic, is due out in July.

Consider a world inhabited by only cats and dogs: a society recognizable as our own, but with its eccentricities being the norm, rather than the exception. A world where the charm of Kenneth Grahame’s Wind In the Willows meets the exotic world of Ian Fleming’s Bond. A world where fluffy just got dangerous. These are the Velvet Paw of Asquith Novels, also known as the Dooven Books: welcome to the genre of New Fable.In this book bedlam threatens to envelope the world, unless Oscar can do something about it—which he's willing to consider, providing it involves an enormous breakfast first.“Oscar did not expect his first assignment to involve gallivanting across foreign lands following clinically insane animals chasing fabled stones upon forgotten islands with silly names. He’d already mangled a taxi, a hearse and an aeroplane while fighting villains intent on turning the earth inside out.And that was just getting to the airport.It was most peculiar then, for him to awake and find an entire palatial entourage around his bed begging him to do precisely this. He’d instead been hoping for a nice breakfast with a pot of hot-fin, especially since his bed was warm and fluffy.”When the palace of Arabesque’s aide d’camp, a cat named the Tremblees, stumbles upon a translation of an ancient language that reveals the existence of a fabled stone, he vows to find it for reasons of greed and vengeance.With a dead dog stuck to a car bonnet, some burst luggage, a blind bus driver and an enormous number of olives, it becomes a race for Oscar, his colleague Meesha and the Tieress of Arabesque to prevent the Tremblees plunging Arabesque back into the Era of Bedlam, a horror that plagued the land a thousand years ago.“Corfield blurs the boundary between rubbish and garbage, and does justice to neither.” - Aiden White, Barrington Points Lighthouse Keeper.“The plot is only held together by the book’s tangled and convoluted sentences.” - Tiffany Parlek, Mortal Goddess.“A two-in-the-morning page turner, but only because each one’s so hard to get through.” – Pannel Norbit, Curator of Exotic Fungal Infections.

Consider a world inhabited with only cats and dogs: a society recognizable as our own, but with its eccentricities being the norm, rather than the exception. A world where the charm of Kenneth Grahame’s Wind In the Willows meets the exotic world of Ian Fleming’s Bond. A world where fluffy just got dangerous. These are the Velvet Paw of Asquith Novels, also known as the Dooven Books: welcome to the genre of New Fable.In this book, the world’s governments are threatened by a fanatical cat with a unhealthy interest in cushions and full-length dress mirrors.

Consider a world inhabited by only cats and dogs: a society recognizable as our own, but with its eccentricities being the norm, rather than the exception. A world where the charm of Kenneth Grahame’s Wind In the Willows meets the exotic world of Ian Fleming’s Bond. A world where fluffy just got dangerous. These are the Velvet Paw of Asquith Novels, also known as the Dooven Books: welcome to the genre of New Fable.When assigned to determine the cause of brewing tensions in the exclusive seaside city of Ruen, Oscar Teabag-Dooven discovers that it’s on the brink of tearing itself apart. Things become complicated when it appears those responsible are in charge of running the place.Drawn into a scandalous plot of insanity and greed, Oscar befriends the Dervy, a young revolutionary, by throwing her off a cliff, and Horace, an elderly doctor with a phobia of worming ointments.Together they battle the ruthless genius of Sedervitz Tappen-Noo and the grievous insanity of the Pyjami, in an attempt to save a beautiful city from certain destruction.But things don’t go according to plan. Principally because they don’t have one.“Good writing can only take you so far. These books take you considerably further, and then leave you behind.” - Daniella Dragosi, Unimpressed.“I recall finding my divorce papers a more compelling read.” - Russell Piorre, Divorced.“These books have plots so thin that I actually broke one.” - David Micheal Milan, Nineteenth Century Industrialist.